by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I was already in medical school at the time of the draft lottery, having entered in the fall of 1968. There was a special "Doctor Draft" that drafted all doctors after one year of internship into the military as General Medical Officers. Introduction...
by | Aug 26, 2009 | Stories
I had applied for and was granted a classification 1-A-0 which was a concientious objector opposed to taking human life, but not opposed to a Nation’s right to raise up an Army. Three funny things happened: the Marines wanted me, but they couldn’t accept a...
by | Aug 24, 2009 | Stories
I tell people that I’ve only won two things in my life: a Lionel train set during 7th grade and the 1969 draft lottery. I was a senior at NC State on selection night in 1969, studying with the radio tuned into the lottery. When September 14th, my...
by | Aug 23, 2009 | Stories
Although I had had some ROTC experience, I was not enamored with going to Viet Nam. OCS was closed when I graduated in June of 1970, so I enlisted, in an attempt to obtain an MOS that was non-combat related. I went into the Quartermaster Corps after completing basic...
by | Aug 23, 2009 | Stories
Scary times… My wife was 4 months pregnant (the exemption for children had recently been discontinued) and I had just drawn a guaranteed-to-get- picked number. I was to graduate in May of 1970. Before I finished up at NCSU I was called up for...
by | Aug 20, 2009 | Stories
My lottery number was low enough for me to get a letter from the Draft Board to report for a physical. I was a student at NC State, married with one child and one on the way. I wasn’t particulary fond of being drafted but I wasn’t going to...
